And all of your suggestions are great - but none of them actually appear in Internet.org's manifesto.
Unless Internet.org plans to send computers pre-configured for text-2-voice to third world countries - those illiterate children would once again be faced with the burden of reading instructions to figure out how to set that up. It's a simple chicken & egg problem.
To quote an Episode of Archer regarding philanthropies:
These people we're talking about might be 150 miles from the nearest library with a full set of encyclopedias; for that matter, they might not even know how to read.
So they can't read books at a library, but they can read printed text on the Internet - THAT REALLY IS AN AMAZING BENEFIT AFTER ALL!! ^_^
The idea sounds noble, but I have to wonder if free internet access is really the "greatest good" that we could be doing for these people in 2nd or 3rd worlds??
Shore, the North Americas are tapped out in terms of new social media growth - we accept that fact. So let's tap into a previously un-tapped world of extremely poor people in under privileged parts of the world - Genius!
But when these people likely don't have basics like clean drinking water and food - is a crippling social media addiction really going to benefit them so the FB stock price can rise a few cents??
"FuckTheNSA is a binary-to-text encoding and decoding tool. The encoded data is an ASCII-string, 8 times bigger than the source data, and consists purely of anti-NSA profanity. It encodes any 8-bit byte sequences."
Apple has disclosed little about how iMessage works, but a partial analysis sheds some light on the protocol. Matthew Green, a cryptographer and research professor at Johns Hopkins University, wrote last summer that because iMessage has "lots of moving parts," there are plenty of places where things could go wrong. Green said that Apple "may be able to substantially undercut the security of the protocol" -- by, perhaps, taking advantage of its position during the creation of the secure channel to copy a duplicate set of messages for law enforcement.
I guess we'll just have to read the message over their shoulder while they're typing it on the public subway - HA, encryption deciphered! #OldSkewlSocialHack ^_^
If you thought the last round of pointless patent lawsuits was fun to watch... just wait, the best has yet to come surrounding the definition of a "time keeping device that is fastened to the wearer's wrist". ^_^
Unfortunately, one does not know the exact running time "a priori" - it varies widely with different hardware configurations, network congestion, hard drive speeds and is therefore often easier to measure than to predict.
The progress bar has always been a "best effort" guess as to the amount of time remaining, I think they have gotten a lot more accurate over the years - but perfection is a long way off I suspect.
Not necessarily. Sometimes social engineering takes advantage of people's assumptions. If you wear a printer servicing uniform and people assume that you're there to fix a printer, are you lying or deceiving them? I'd posit that their assumptions are incorrect and you're not deceiving them unless you're challenged and you start lying.
Bullshit, of course you're deceiving them. You cannot expect normal human beings to question all their assumptions 24/7. Every time you blinked you'd have to prove to yourself that the whole universe hadn't just been switched off and then instantaneously recreated itself.
True story, I once walked into an Apple store wearing a blue shirt. As luck would have it - it looked pretty damn close to the blue shirts that all the "Geniuses" were wearing that day. Once inside the store, I was bombarded by a constant stream of people asking me technical questions - which it just so happens that I'm good at answering! ^_^
I didn't deliberately choose to wear a blue shirt that day - it was just the luck of the draw. Did I deceive anyone in this case??
I agree - is it still considered a "hack" when all the attacker did was guess the password from common (public domain) knowledge??
I don't think it changes the degree of wrong in his actions - but in this light we shouldn't revel in the miraculous technical innovations used to snipe some celeb p0Rn.
I believe its geek appeal is derived from the fact that a software hack utilized to break the locks, rather than a physical set of lock picks.
There is also a sub-text about the social responsibility and obligation that manufacturers have to patch security holes found in their devices in a timely manner I suspect as well.
Is anyone else getting the weirdest sense of Deja Vu about the Itchy & Scratchy Land episode of The Simpsons where all the robots in the theme park starting going NuTz?!?!:S
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I accept your rebuttal - but I'm still waiting for a citation that maps what you are describing to what is actually happen in the article.
And all of your suggestions are great - but none of them actually appear in Internet.org's manifesto.
Unless Internet.org plans to send computers pre-configured for text-2-voice to third world countries - those illiterate children would once again be faced with the burden of reading instructions to figure out how to set that up. It's a simple chicken & egg problem.
To quote an Episode of Archer regarding philanthropies:
“Nourish A Child, Shoe A Child, Bespectacled a Child, One Laptop Per Child Soldierwhich unfortunately became one thousand laptops per warlord.”
+ http://www.geekbinge.com/2013/04/05/archer-season-4-episode-12-review-sea-tunt-part-1/
These people we're talking about might be 150 miles from the nearest library with a full set of encyclopedias; for that matter, they might not even know how to read.
So they can't read books at a library, but they can read printed text on the Internet - THAT REALLY IS AN AMAZING BENEFIT AFTER ALL!! ^_^
The idea sounds noble, but I have to wonder if free internet access is really the "greatest good" that we could be doing for these people in 2nd or 3rd worlds??
Shore, the North Americas are tapped out in terms of new social media growth - we accept that fact.
So let's tap into a previously un-tapped world of extremely poor people in under privileged parts of the world - Genius!
But when these people likely don't have basics like clean drinking water and food - is a crippling social media addiction really going to benefit them so the FB stock price can rise a few cents??
Support your local open source project: http://freecode.com/projects/fuckthensa
from their website:
"FuckTheNSA is a binary-to-text encoding and decoding tool. The encoded data is an ASCII-string, 8 times bigger than the source data, and consists purely of anti-NSA profanity. It encodes any 8-bit byte sequences."
Sooooo much funnier too.
'Not designed to be government-proof'
Apple has disclosed little about how iMessage works, but a partial analysis sheds some light on the protocol. Matthew Green, a cryptographer and research professor at Johns Hopkins University, wrote last summer that because iMessage has "lots of moving parts," there are plenty of places where things could go wrong. Green said that Apple "may be able to substantially undercut the security of the protocol" -- by, perhaps, taking advantage of its position during the creation of the secure channel to copy a duplicate set of messages for law enforcement.
I guess we'll just have to read the message over their shoulder while they're typing it on the public subway - HA, encryption deciphered! #OldSkewlSocialHack ^_^
If you thought the last round of pointless patent lawsuits was fun to watch... just wait, the best has yet to come surrounding the definition of a "time keeping device that is fastened to the wearer's wrist". ^_^
I suspect that "A person commits an offense..." would read better as "'A person or government commits an offense..."
^_^
How about some James Bond-esc features, like a: laser cutter, knife, garrote wire, etc. ??
^_^
Unfortunately, one does not know the exact running time "a priori" - it varies widely with different hardware configurations, network congestion, hard drive speeds and is therefore often easier to measure than to predict.
The progress bar has always been a "best effort" guess as to the amount of time remaining, I think they have gotten a lot more accurate over the years - but perfection is a long way off I suspect.
Crab Juice (please!)
+ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=273_1350970132&comments=1
^o^!
Not necessarily. Sometimes social engineering takes advantage of people's assumptions. If you wear a printer servicing uniform and people assume that you're there to fix a printer, are you lying or deceiving them? I'd posit that their assumptions are incorrect and you're not deceiving them unless you're challenged and you start lying.
Bullshit, of course you're deceiving them. You cannot expect normal human beings to question all their assumptions 24/7. Every time you blinked you'd have to prove to yourself that the whole universe hadn't just been switched off and then instantaneously recreated itself.
True story, I once walked into an Apple store wearing a blue shirt.
As luck would have it - it looked pretty damn close to the blue shirts that all the "Geniuses" were wearing that day.
Once inside the store, I was bombarded by a constant stream of people asking me technical questions - which it just so happens that I'm good at answering! ^_^
I didn't deliberately choose to wear a blue shirt that day - it was just the luck of the draw.
Did I deceive anyone in this case??
Social engineering can take on many forms.
"The hacker had developed a considerable reputation as a major operator of ZeuS-powered botnets and bragged about his exploits"
Seems if he had just enjoyed the 100M and kept his mouth shut they might not have figured out who he is...
But it is the lowest form of hack. ^_^
I agree - is it still considered a "hack" when all the attacker did was guess the password from common (public domain) knowledge??
I don't think it changes the degree of wrong in his actions - but in this light we shouldn't revel in the miraculous technical innovations used to snipe some celeb p0Rn.
Forget about the military applications, think about never having to charge your iDevice/Droid again! ...just plug it into your shirt. ^_^
Oh - I almost forget, (network) CABLE TESTER!!
An OLD (skewl) notebook that has a real serial DB-9 connector for all those serial management console ports.
Or failing that, a brand name DB-9 to USB adapter (don't mess with the cheap ones, the good ones are not that much more $$)
I believe its geek appeal is derived from the fact that a software hack utilized to break the locks, rather than a physical set of lock picks.
There is also a sub-text about the social responsibility and obligation that manufacturers have to patch security holes found in their devices in a timely manner I suspect as well.
Is anyone else getting the weirdest sense of Deja Vu about the Itchy & Scratchy Land episode of The Simpsons where all the robots in the theme park starting going NuTz?!?! :S
No time like the present to start using encrypted forms of communication.
Aren't expanding bits inside the body getting stuck in the wrong places how heart attacks and strokes happen ?? ...
GM said it best the day before the FaceBook IPO: "FaceBook Ads Don't WORK!"
http://www.minyanville.com/business-news/markets/articles/facebook-ipo-gm-advertising-pullout-ford/5/16/2012/id/41053
It is a truly wonderful day when a software company open sources a useful tool for the rest of use to use.
Props to Valve!! ^_^